The recorded sound has great immediacy, and the chorus produces a beautifully sustained and richly coloured vocal tone. Gardiner's flexibility in tempo, phrasing and dynamics (which Brahms favoured)... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, ****More…

Bach of any generation from Gardiner's eminently engaged and engaging forces is self-recommending; yet for its rarity value alone Welt, gute Nacht is as important a release as that of a B minor... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, ****More…

David Hill directs both these works with a strong sense of their overall shape…Anyone coming to these works for the first time through these recordings is unlikely to be disappointed. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, ****More…

The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams

Rameau fans will rejoice over this world premiere recording … there’s elegant, expressive heart-warming singing from Matthew Brook and Anna Dennis. One of the chief pleasures lies in the band’s... — Choir & Organ, March 2016, ****More…

Rees's perceptive direction keeps the contrasting layers balanced and he has assembled a strong solo team- headed up by Elin Manahan Thomas and Matthew Brook - to complement the attentive playing... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013More…